Guard Says Policeman Had Side Job As Rothstein Driver

FORT LAUDERDALE — Suspended Police Sgt. Steve Greenlaw was hired by Scott Rothstein's law firm to work as a driver, Rothstein bodyguard Joe Alu said this week.

Police Chief Frank Adderley said Greenlaw did not have permission to drive for the Rothsteins, and the allegation, if true, would be a violation of policy. It will be investigated, he said late Monday.

Greenlaw and co-worker DeAnna Garcia-Lemieux were suspended with pay Friday afternoon, pending a city Internal Affairs investigation into their work overseeing off-duty police details for Rothstein last year. They were ordered to turn in their take-home police cars, badges, identification and door cards, spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said Tuesday.

City officials declined to say what policies Greenlaw and Garcia-Lemieux are suspected of violating. The allegation by Alu is the first hint at what investigators might be looking at in Greenlaw's case.

Alu, a retired police officer who works as Kim Rothstein's bodyguard, told the Sun Sentinel that Greenlaw was hired by Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler. "They had him on the payroll as a driver," Alu said.

Alu has known Greenlaw since he first got into law enforcement. Alu, then a Plantation officer, hired Greenlaw at that agency, he said. He called him "squeaky clean" and a "worrywart" who wouldn't have driven for the Rothsteins without permission.

Fort Lauderdale officers are not allowed to work as bodyguards, but Alu said Greenlaw was just a driver, and drove for the Rothsteins only twice.

"I would never consider Greenlaw to be a bodyguard," Alu said. "He didn't have a command presence."

Alu said Greenlaw drove Kim and Scott Rothstein to a Humane Society PAWS fundraising event, also attended by Adderley. He said he thought Adderley approved of the driving work, and that Adderley saw Greenlaw with the Rothsteins that night.

Adderley disputed that, saying he doesn't remember seeing Greenlaw at the event, and that even if he had, he didn't approve of outside employment for Greenlaw as a driver.

Greenlaw did not submit an outside employment form asking to drive for the Rothsteins, Sousa confirmed Tuesday.

"That's clearly a violation of the policy," Adderley said.

Greenlaw could not be reached to comment via e-mail, and by city policy is not allowed to speak to the media about his case.

Brittany Wallman can be reached

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